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Ruth Thomas Author & Editor

Ruth Thomas is the author of three short story collections and two novels, as well as many short stories anthologised and broadcast on the BBC.

Her writing has won and been shortlisted for various prizes, including the John Llewellyn Rhys Award, the Saltire First Book Award, the VS Pritchett Prize and the Frank O’Connor International Short Story Award.

She lives in Edinburgh and is currently an Advisory Fellow for the Royal Literary Fund. The Snow and the Works on the Northern Line is her third novel.